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Themes in Amos 8

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Themes in Amos 8

Amos 8:1 (show verse)

This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw a basket of summer fruit.

natural Fruit » General references to
Summer » Fruits of
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Vision » Of amos » Of summer fruit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:2 (show verse)

And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me, The end has come to my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin.

Amos » Vision of
Food » List of articles » Fruit
Summer » Fruits of
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Victuals » List of articles » Fruit
Vision » Of amos » Of summer fruit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:3 (show verse)

And the songs of the king's house will be cries of pain in that day, says the Lord God: great will be the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will put them out without a word.

Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:4 (show verse)

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

Balances » False balance used
Feast of the new moon » Disliked by the unGodly
Injustice » Punishment of
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Money » Value of, varied corruptly
Moon » Feast of the new moon » Traffic at the time of, prohibited
New moon » Traffic at time of, suspended
The poor » The wicked » Defraud
The sabbath » The wicked » Wearied by
Shekel » Corrupted
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:6 (show verse)

Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.

Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Men » Traffic in
The poor » The wicked » Defraud
Servant » Bond » Bought and sold
Shoe » Poor people sold for a pair of
Shoes » Often given as bribes
Silver » Used for money
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:7 (show verse)

The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

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Amos 8:8 (show verse)

Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be overflowing like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.

Egypt » Overflowed by the nile river
Egypt » Inundations of, alluded to
Injustice » Punishment of
Nile » Called the river
River Nile » Annual overflow of its banks alluded to

Amos 8:9 (show verse)

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

Days » Under the control of God
Eclipse » Of the sun and moon
The sun » Figurative
The sun » Illustrative » (going down at noon,) of premature destruction

Amos 8:10 (show verse)

Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

Baldness » Artificial, a sign of mourning
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Music » Songs » Idle
Singing » Songs » Idle
Songs » Idle

Amos 8:11 (show verse)

See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.

Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » Spiritual thirst, examples of
Famine » Illustrative of » A dearth of the means of grace
Famine » Figurative
Hunger » Spiritual
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine of hearing the word
Poverty, spiritual » Destitution of the truth
Prophets » The jews » Often left without, on account of sin
national Sins » Cause the withdrawal of privileges
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
Spiritual » Poverty » Destitution of the truth
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
The word of God » The time when there is a word of God famine
Thirst » Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind
spiritual Thirst » Examples of

Amos 8:12 (show verse)

And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.

Famine » Illustrative of » A dearth of the means of grace
Hunger » Spiritual
Prophets » The jews » Often left without, on account of sin
The word of God » The time when there is a word of God famine
Thirst » Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind

Amos 8:13 (show verse)

In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.

Dearth » Spiritual
Hunger » Spiritual
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
The word of God » The time when there is a word of God famine
Thirst » Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind
Woman » Of distinction » Fair and graceful

Amos 8:14 (show verse)

Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.

Beer-sheba » The most southern city of palestine » Became a seat of idolatrous worship
Dan » A city » A city of the tribe of dan » Idolatry established at
Idolatry » They who practice » Swear by their idols
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
Resurrection » Who falls, and never rises up again
ancient Samaria » People of characterized as » Idolatrous
Swearing/vowing » Those that swear by idols
The word of God » The time when there is a word of God famine
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold